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In Fister's case all but 5 PAs are from Johjima. Maybe theres an argument to be made that Fister would have magically done better with Johnson behind the plate. Personally, I'm not seeing it.
When glancing over Fister's AAA numbers I noticed a sky-high HR rate vs Lefties despite an enormous home park.
His HR rate vs lefties in AAA was 1.6 per 9, in the bigs its 2.4 HR/9. The more logical conclusion here seems to be that for whatever reason Fister's changeup is FAR more effective vs righties than lefties. He can't handle lefties if his life depended on it (its logical that a major weakness in AAA would get further exposed in MLB).
Despite the catestrophic gopher problem against lefties Doug has managed a .720 OPS vs lefties thanks to a .178 BABIP vs lefties. That OPS vs lefties is going to go UP. WAY up. And when it does it aint because of Johjima.